Lakeland, Florida

==Sports==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Club !! Sport !! Founded !! Current league !! Stadium
|-
| [[Lakeland Flying Tigers]]
| [[Baseball]]
| 1963<ref>{{cite web|title=Club Information|url=https://www.baseball-reference.com/register/team.cgi?city=Lakeland&state=FL&country=US|website=Baseball-Reference.com|access-date=August 4, 2017}}</ref>
| [[Florida State League]]
| [[Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium]]
|-
| [[Florida Complex League Tigers]]
| Baseball
| 1995{{citation needed|date=June 2022}}
| [[Florida Complex League]]
| Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium
|-
| [[Lakeland Magic]]
| [[Basketball]]
| 2017<ref name="firsteight">{{cite news |url=http://www.orlandosentinel.com/sports/orlando-magic/os-magic-seek-to-bring-d-league-team-to-florida-20160106-story.html |title=Orlando Magic begin process of bringing D-League team to Florida |access-date=August 4, 2017|newspaper=[[Orlando Sentinel]]}}</ref>
| [[NBA G League]]
| [[RP Funding Center]]
|-
| [[Florida Southern Moccasins|Florida Southern Mocs]]
| Multi-sport
| 1883
| [[NCAA Division II|NCAA DII]]
| George W. Jenkins Field House<br>[[Henley Field]]<br>Moccasin Field
|-
| [[Southeastern Fire]]
| Multi-sport
| 2014<ref>{{cite web |url=http://footballscoop.com/news/video-programs-first-game-every-look-like/|title=This is what a program's first home game ever should look like|publisher=FootballScoop.com|access-date=August 4, 2017}}</ref>
| [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]]
| Victory Field<br>The Furnace<br>Ted A. Broer Stadium
|-
| [[Caledonia SC]]
| [[Soccer]]
| 2022
| [[USL League Two]]
| 
|-
| [[Lakeland Tropics]]
| [[Soccer]]
| 2017<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lakelandtropics.com/news/tropics-sliwa-as-coach-will-play-at-bryant-stadium|title=Tropics will play at Bryant Stadium; Dr. Panagiotis Iakovidis is majority owner|publisher=LakelandTropics.com|access-date=January 11, 2018|date=February 7, 2017}}</ref>
| [[United Premier Soccer League|UPSL]]
| [[Bryant Stadium]]
|-
| Lakeland United FC
| [[Soccer]]
| 2022
| [[United Premier Soccer League|UPSL]]
| 
|-
| [[Florida Tropics SC]]
| [[Indoor soccer]]
| 2016<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.fltropics.com/news/florida-tropics-sc-join-major-arena-soccer-league|title=Florida Tropics SC Join Major Arena Soccer League|publisher=FLTropics.com|access-date=August 29, 2017|date=August 29, 2017}}</ref>
| [[Major Arena Soccer League]]
| RP Funding Center
|-
| [[Lakeland Renegades]]
| [[Rugby league]]
| 2019
| [[USA Rugby League]]
| [[All Saints' Academy (Florida)|All Saints' Academy]]
|-
| [[Lakeland NightShade]]
| [[eSports]]
|2019<ref>{{cite web|title=Club Information|url=https://twitter.com/GGNightshade/status/1190695148738494464|website=Twitter.com|access-date=January 12, 2020}}</ref>
| [[Florida eSports League]]
| 
|}

===Stadiums===
{{Main|Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium}}

[[Joker Marchant Stadium]], north of downtown, hosts [[spring training]] for the [[Detroit Tigers]], as well as their [[Lakeland Flying Tigers]] class-A [[Florida State League]] and [[Gulf Coast League Tigers|GCL Tigers]] rookie-league [[Gulf Coast League]] [[minor league baseball]] teams.

{{Main|RP Funding Center}}

[[RP Funding Center]] is also home to two indoor sports teams. The [[Lakeland Magic]] is a basketball team playing in the [[NBA G League]] and is an affiliate of the [[Orlando Magic]]. The [[Florida Tropics SC]] is an [[indoor soccer]] team playing in the [[Major Arena Soccer League]]. The Tropics organization also operates an outdoor team, the Lakeland Tropics, which competes in the [[Premier Development League]]. The [[Florida Tarpons]] were an [[Indoor American football|indoor football]] team playing in the [[American Arena League]] for one season after relocating from [[Estero, Florida]].

===History of sports teams===
In the 1980s, the Lakeland Center briefly played host to the indoor version of the [[Tampa Bay Rowdies (1975–93)|Tampa Bay Rowdies]] [[indoor soccer|soccer]] team. The Lakeland Center has also hosted a few hockey teams, the Lakeland Ice Warriors, the Lakeland Prowlers, and the Lakeland Loggerheads. The [[United States Basketball League]] once had a team here as well called the [[Lakeland Blue Ducks]]. [[Sun 'n Fun]] was home to Lakeland's only [[roller derby]] league, the [[Lakeland Derby Dames]]; however, the team was dissolved in November 2015.<ref>{{cite web|title=Roller derby is back in Lakeland|url=http://www.theledger.com/sports/20160720/roller-derby-is-back-in-lakeland|website=TheLedger.com|access-date=August 4, 2017}}</ref>

The Lakeland Center also hosts the [[Florida High School Athletic Association]]'s state basketball finals.